Bonhoeffer as martyr : social responsibility and modern Christian commitment / Craig J. Slane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slane, Craig J., 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Martyrdom--Christianity.

Martyrdom.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids : Brazos Press, [2004]

Summary:

One of the most famous theologians of the twentieth century, Deitrich Bonhoeffer was hanged in a Nazi prison camp near the end of World War II. Killed for his participation in a plot to assassinate Hitler, Bonhoeffer has frequently been labeled a martyr of the Christian faith. And while he was not killed specifically for confessing Christ, his faith was what led him to participate. Craig Slane argues persuasively that Bonhoeffer should be considered a martyr and that his martyrdom is similar to that of many other modern heroes of the faith who acted against injustice and died for it. This book is both a study of Bonhoeffer and a consideration of what martyrdom ("witness to the death") means today.

Contents:

Part 1 Is Bonhoeffer Really a Martyr?

1. Diary of a Bourgeois Priest 17

2. From Flossenburg to Westminster Abbey 27

3. Martyrdom in Early Christianity 35

4. An Alphabet of Martyrdom 51

5. New Letters in an Old Alphabet 67

6. The Distance between a Funeral and an Operation 95

Part 2 Interpretive Prospects of Martyrdom

7. Toward a Hermeneutic of Martyrdom 119

8. Christian Life as the Practice of Death 137

Part 3 Bonhoeffer in Martyrological Perspective

9. Pushing Back Christendom to Christ 159

10. Finding Christ in the World 183

11. Journey to Finkenwalde 207

12. Finkenwalde: Training for Martyrdom 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256).

ISBN:

1587430746

OCLC:

53131782